Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-29
WASHINGTON.
Charges in the Departments of State
and Justice Under the CIeye-
land Administration.
Why the Railroads Want 10 Step the,
Free Pass SyStem-FOStPriHg the
Culture OF American Silk,
The Diffusion Process of Making Sugar 10
Be Tried in GOuisiana-Pscific Rail
road Commission.
CHANGING FAST ENOUGH.

CHANGING FAST ENOUGH.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON. March 26 The Demo
cratic papers and Democratic leaders
throughout the country, especially those
VINO are opposed to the policy of Presi-
dent Cleveland, have asserted that s
Democrat has no chance for political
preferment st the present time, and that
Republicans are continued in Office in
spite of the fact that so many hungry
+ Democrats are crying for places. Your
correspondent has taken some pains to
ascertain the truth of this charge. In
many cases the chiefs of the departments
have heen unwilling or unable to give the
desired data upon which to base an esti-
mate of these changes, but in the Depart
ment of State and Justice the books have
been thrown open, and the result will
surprise those disgruntled men who
think that no one but a Republican can
! have an Otfi-e under the present admins
I trstiOn. Under the State Department
there are something less than $50 posi-
| tiOns IN the consular service.
| Since Mr.. Clevelsnd was inaug-
urated there have been 4O5 re-
movals in this service, three deaths and
eighteen designations. OF the 43I COnsuls
and commercial ag -nts appointed in the
| past two years only fifteen were reap
pOintmeDts. 1t will thus be seen that the
! changes have been mad about as rapidly
as possible under the circumstances. In
the Department Of Justice there have
! been 442 appointments to ill the vacsn-
Cies created by IA suspensions, l04 resig-
nations and eleven deaths. Out of this
total only thirty-nine were reappOiuted.
The other departments Of the govern
meBt viii show up equally we'll. It Is
estimated that of the SO 900 pOstmasters
in the country there have been changes in
the casesof about 45 OOO.At no other period
of the history of the government has there
been such complete turning over in the
personnel Of the Off GERS.
RAILROADS NEED PROTECTION.
| Special to the gazette.
| WASHINGTON, March % The railroad
companies have chosen TO cOnsJrue the
inter state commerce Dill as prohibiting
them from issuing passes TO anyone under
any circumstances. There is no d. finite
and distinct provision in the bill in this
respect, but the companies are undOubt-
eddy anxious to seize upon some pretext
| which shall be aYailable when they are
asked to issue free transportation. No
one who has been connected with one of
the great trunk lines of the country can
! have any idea of the Length to which the
pass system has grown. A few years ago
q member of Congress from PENNSYLVANIA
| had hiS eyes opened very wide when he
applied for pass for one Of mis- cOnstitu-
EMS. This member was under great Obli-
cations to political friend TO whom
| he ewed his success and whom
| De desired to compensate in some
manner. He asked this friend what he
could do for him, and the friend replied
that there vas only one thing he wanted
and that was an annual pass over the
Pennsylvania Railway system. The Con-
gresham at once set out for P1iladei phia,
where he called upon President Roberts
of the PennsJ lYania Road and stated his
request. Mr.. Roberts replied that it
would be Impossible for him to comply
with it. The Congressman said that he
would be willing TO surrender mis- own
pass and to pay fare every time he trav-
eled if the request of his constituent
could be complied with. President Rob-
/ erts said that he would lay the
case before the board of directors
and give reply the following
day. The board met and the request WAS
refused. When the Congressman again
called upon him Mr.. Roberts told him of
the action of the board, and said: ''Uave
| you any idea of the number of passes
which found to be outstanding when l
assumed the duties of my Oiiico?' The
member replied that che had no idea"
! Mr.. Roberts said, There were no less
| than 10000, and the abuse has grown 80
enormous tnat we are compelled TO refuse
ali requests in consequence"
Your correspondent rode over the
Baltimore and OHIO Railway from Wash
iDgton TO Chicago on the last Sunday In
August, 1886 There were three sleeping
cars on the train. Every section was
occupied, some of the births even had
I two passengers each. The conductor
went through the train TO take up the
tickets and found that the entire receipts
| 20 the railroad company from those
three cars consisted Of the money paid
for sleeping car accommodations with the
exception of about $50 which some IN
! fortunate individual mad been compelled
to pay the "grasping corporation" for
Transporting himself, his wife and child
! to Chicago. That man was the only one
in the three cars who had not q pass in
! his pocket.
AMERICAN SILKS.
| Special TO the Gazette.
| WASHINGTON, March 28.-It is be-
lieved that the Department of AgricuI-
ture's new departure in setting up ma
Chi cry for winding the silk from cocoons,
which is on exhibition daily In the annex
! building, will result in considerable ex-
I tension Of the silk growing industry in
this country. Hundreds of visitors, es-
| pecially ladies, take the greatest interest
| in the miniature exhibition, and the de-
mands for copies Of the bulletin on silk
worm culture has made it necessary to
| issue seven or eight editions. Officials of
the department say that the requests for
silk worm eggs, already on file in the de-
partment, greatly exceed those received
in any previous year since the department
began their distribution. AS q conse-